Santa Clara County: Mexican street gang target of multiple raids

SAN JOSE -- A Mexican street gang suspected of selling methamphetamine was the target of several raids Thursday morning, resulting in several arrests and the seizure of drugs, weapons and cash, according to a law enforcement source.

The FBI and South Bay law enforcement agencies conducted arrest and search warrants at multiple locations in the South Bay, according to San Jose police. Officers from the San Jose, Milpitas, Mountain View, Morgan Hill, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale police departments, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Homeland Security Investigations.

San Jose police did not have specific information regarding the locations of the raids. In a release, the FBI said today's raids "targeted and disrupted gang and drug activity in the South Bay."